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JMT.T! TWO. THE MONFQT! JOT 'ML TIT'TUY, M4Y 1, V Hl8 Custard Cup '1 Florence EJarci Llvinfstoa 0wrigb by Qmmi B, Dow Oogumqr SYjNOPSfS CHAPTER L ltaf in a barn, con verted into a dwl ir Mrs. Penfleld 1 manager of &q acf uunt building known M th "Custard CI t originally "Cloister Court" Her tnooi It derived from ibun dry .work, bar ehifci patron being a Mra. HOratius WaatheiWtona, whom she has Haver seen. Uyln with her are "Crtnk" ad "Tbad," homfsas email boys whom aha has adopted. call ber "Penal." Toad tells Penal f svange man was In quiring for ber under her maiden nam. ' CHAPTER IL-A tenant, Mrs. Quasi Boaley, Induce Penile to take charge of s package, which (he does wHh some Misgivings. CHAPTER PI. flsarchtag a refuse dump for things which might be of value, Crtnk, veteran at the- game, encounters a small girl, Lettle, who proves ft foeman worthy of his steel He take her to Pensle. and Lettie Is adopted Into the family. CHAPTER TW-Vh stranger Drove to be Mrs. PenfieldV unci Jerry. H an nounoes he la going to remain in the vicinity of The i Cup. CHAPTER V.UBcle Jerry arrange to occupy the loft abev Mis. PenneW'e abode. ; l CHAPTER VL Code Jerry meets Pru dence Hapgood, no' longer young, but at tractive, and the two appear to "hit it oft" well. Loren Percy, young friend of Pensle's, tells her of her engagement to Dick Chase, also a mutual friend. CHAPTER VIl-Friendshlp developing between Unci Jerry "and Frank Boaley, husband of Oussle, worries Penile. CHAPTER Vni. Calming : a tenant, Mrs. Sanders, on the verge of a nervous breakdown, Mrs. Penfleld reveals the trag ic story of her own life, the sudden loss of ber three children In an epidemic and : the subsequent death of ber husband. CHAPTER DC Lettle's pet aversion in The Custard Cup has long been a certain Mr. Josiah woppie, and the animosity cul mlnates In a physical encounter In which much water Is spilled. . CHAPTER X.-Dtck Chase confides to Mrs. Penneld that his fiancee s step mother, Mrs. Percy, by pleading physical helplessness, is seeking to prevent their marriage. Penile sKiuuiiy exposes Mrs, Percy's sham, and the latter is forced to Withdraw her objections, CHAPTER XI.-The domestic dlfflcul ties of the Bosleys become a matter of gossip among the other tenants of The custard tup. CHAPTER XII.-LetUe, having subtly discovered her beloved Pensle's distrust of Frank Bosley as a companion of Unci Jerry, denounces Bosley and appeals to ! Uncle Jerry to give- up the acquaintance BJjtp. rney laugn at ner. .v : v - . ... .- . ' CHAPTER Xnl. Endeavoring to pre vent the marriage of Lorene and Dick Chase, Mrs. Percy BUcoeeds In badly danv ajrinsr Lorene s trousseau. Mrs. penneld. by the hardest kind of work, repairs the damage, and the wedding take place. CHAPTER XIV.-Remarks let fall by Mrs. Bosley leave Pensle In utter be wilderment aa to the relations between Uncle Jerry and the Bosleys. - Uncle Jerry I evasive in ms explanations. CHAPTER XV. In the abeenee of Pen sle, Lettle "entertains" Prudence Hap good and Uncle Jerry, with disastrous results. . CHAPTER XVL The small members of the Penneld household Insist on Christmas celebration, Lettle engaging to provide a whole dollar for the occasion. She has an Inspiration, and evolves ft "machine which sne submits to an ad' vertlsing agency. The manager is not at first impressed, but finally sympathises with the earnestness or the child and gives her a dollar rorthe invention. . . .. : CHAPTER XVII Dimes, Limited. The reason some folks have to have , M much money," explained ifrs. Pen field, "is, they don't know how to plan. Land, they'd be s'prlsed to know how little money they could live on If they'd only mhc their brains with it" It woj admitted at Number 4T that funds were ample for the project in band, but the young; Miss Penneld was dismayed to find her capital diminished Chautauqua the lOQfc 'Program 7 BIG 7 DAYS Chautauqua Week Here May Oto lC. v W. 7. IIAEGLTT, Denier in w J A t r Now ! Redmtfv l " I'.' I from one dollar to eighty cents, the In. tervenlng ; twenty being required to liquidate the final payment on the Woppie window. It seemed that one could not face a holiday' In the right attitude If one were In debt, and Let tie could not be spared to earn fur ther money before the festive day, However,-Crlnk brought In five cents, returns from an errand, and Thad Ju bilantly contributed one penny, gross proceeds from two hours of chicken- fending from the Chatterbox garden. Total, eighty-six cents I Mrs. Penfleld knew' a place In the country where a tree could be, had for nothing. But It would take two car fares and return; also Crlnk and the family hatchet Twenty cents was segregated for the enterprise. The next morning an important ex pedition set forth from The Custard Cup. Mrs. PenfleM went along as guide, but the motive force was Let tie, who bore the badge of authority In a small purse containing' sixty-six cents in negotiable form. She was eas ily the happiest child . In the whole city. Her feet pressed the rainbow path of Promise; her fingers held the wand of Possibility; her starved life was suddenly illumined with the light of Joy, dazzling by v contrast, scarcely to be believed, permeating her being with a feeling of unreality. The PenfleldB had a long walk, but the morning was beautiful, bright and crisp, with a bracing quality that em phasized the cheerful spirit of the sea son. There had been rain a few days before, hashing the haze from the hills, giving greener life to lawns and trees. The streets were bustling with activity. Expressmen and delivery boys were busier than usual, running up steps and ringing doorbells with an agreeable appearance of rush; peo ple were hurrying In every direction, carrying packages of delightful mys tery. - - ; ' . Mrs. Penfleld guided Lettle to a store that catered to shoppers whose desires were ambitions and whose re sources were small. Head held high, Lettle pushed her way through the crowd that thronged the aisles. The first Item on her list was tree trim mings. But she blinked In bewilder ment at the array before her. And a dime was the limit, the absolute limit for this department Lettle set her teeth and eliminated systematically until she reached the most for the lenst, which gave her three yards of thin sliver tinsel for ten cents. Candles? Moat emphatically! A Christmas tree without candles Is an evening sky without stars. For the affluent candles were provided In boxes, at ten cents per ; but others might be had at the rate of six for five cents. Six were so had by Lettle, who then turned her mental batteries upon the subject of holders, essential to safety of branch and limb. But candle-holders were ten cents. They came In sets of twelve clamped to a card, and you Jwj&iJgL take en" tire lot or "go without - Lettle stood before the display j long that impatient shoppers disputed the space she occupied, so absorbed that the Interrogations of floor-walkers failed to penetrate her conscious ness. Her heart pounded In a panic. How could she do what couldn't be done? She looked around. A woman stood beside her, engaged In mental work on candle-holders. ' With the In tuition of wide experience, Lettle ap praised her Instantly. "Landy gracious t" she cried. "Ain't It a fright the way they lump 'emT The woman looked no. "Alnt It!" "I Gotta Scheme" gakl Lata. she agreed., "And the slx-for-five can dles are longern them in boxes, too," 1 gotta scheme," said Lettle, "What say If we go snucks on a card 7" Td be glad to." '; : ' Thereupon nickels were pooled, and card was purchased and tUvlded, to the Infinite satisfaction of everybody concerned. The Penfleld plan allowed another dime for candy, but if was no easy matter to decide upon the variety. Di visibility had to be considered, as well as DulK. Fortunately, the lower the price, tbe higher the color, so the lat ter quality took care of Itself. Lettle, pacing up and,down before the long counter of heaped-up candles, fnme to rest bet re "plain mixed" and "niMct mixed." Undeniably they represented tie best vuluex. The mld-tt won;,! j' -'.J M V If jreater numbers, but plain mixe4 would surely melt less rapidly and (herefore give longer entertainment to the consumer. Ultimately Lettle'g money was on plain nixed. The other purchases required little selection and were speedily made. They consisted of a tablet of plain, food paper for one dime ; two packages Df envelopes, for another; a spool of white thread, five cents; and a stick of plnk-and-white candy, one cent The latter would help decorate the tree and also serve as t ,81ft for Thad. During all these transactions Mrs, Penfleld had been merely an attentive bit of background, but In the following few minutes she was called upon to take an active stand. It proved to be no simple matter to get Miss Lettle out of the store. So engrossed had she been In the purchases on her tentative list that she had scarcely cast a com prehending glance at other commodi ties; but now that her responsibility was over and her cash exhausted, she turned a fascinated eye upon tables and counters of alluring articles. Lettle had never had anything to do with stores. This was the first time In ber life that she had ever bought any thing. , The bustle, the glitter, the end less array, wrought havoc with her imagination, filled her with a frenzy of Intoxication. Little cars with wheels that turned; dime banks that looked like the most blooming, peaches on Mrs. Penfleld's wall ; N games, books, toys I Marbles Imagine, twenty-four round pieces of baked terra firma tor the ridiculous sum of five cents 1 How happy Crlnk would bet How Thad's soft eyes would bulge! It was more than could be borne. , I don't care I" Lettle burst Into frantic sobs that carried over a wide circle. "I don't care! Do yon hear? I don't care I" Tears streamed down her face. She stamped her foot ana swung her free arm with a violence and latitude that first grazed several astonished shoppers and then led to a somewhat freer space around tbe child. "Lettle, dear," expostulated : Mrs. Penfleld hurriedly, "remember where you are.".' - . : v : I do," shrieked Lettle, Tbafi what's the matter, I don't care. Some day Til have thing!! oceans and heaps and oodles 'of things millions more'n they've got here. I dont " V -Lettle!" There was a finality In the word; there was also an expres sive decision in the grasp of her arm. With swift skill Mrs. Penfield pushed her through the curious crowd, out of the store, ,to the comparative seclusion of a cross street ; ; ' V'' i? "Lettie," she said sadly, Tm 'shamed of you, making a scene that way. I thought you were " "Oh, Penzle," Interrupted the child, Tm awful sorry. But I got so full. thinking, seemed as if I'd bust I had to let her out I got so dangrous In side. All .them things!" Her voice was freighted with suppressed rebe lion. "Why, Crlnk and Thad would be "NoT Lettle," Interposed Mrs. Pen. field, as tliey went on slowly, they wouldn't be one mite happier. Land, the world wasn't never fixed up so un fair as that Tain't the folks that bavs thlngs that's happy ; it's the folks that know they don't want things. When yon get a little older, youll see that the reason rich folks are unhappy la 'cause they got things ; and the reason poor folks are unhappy la 'cause they, want things. When folks get through twining their heart strings and thete thoughts ' around things, then the! world'U be miles nearer bliss than It 19 now." i ; Lettle's black eyes were wide wltll reproach. "Why, Penzle, yon don'f mean that Crlnk and Thad wouldn't like some of those " j -, ."Goodness, no, I don't mean they wouldn't like 'em ; but I mean they'll be Just as happy without 'em if you don't, go and stir 'em all up with thoughts that you've twisted, in your own head. Christmas alnt presents j It's feelings. And there's one thing yon ought to keep in mind: It's waste of good food to board any girl If there alnt at least two other folks happier 'cause she's living." Lettle's brow cleared; a smile chased across her face. "I get you," she nodded. "It's up to me. to do something.",' ', ... .t Tea, Lettle, dear, Ks up to yon right now, today." : , Alnt I the limit T cried Lettle in disgust "All, time forgetting what rm trying to remember I Gee, I know Tm lucky. ''HI show you. Penzle; hon est I will." V It was long past: lunch tlmewhea Orink returned with the tree, and hi tried many nours before he acconvf ptished a base that would rapport It la a corner 6f the living room. But ne sooner waa the fragrant fir In place than every little Penneld felt that Christmas was an assured fact' Lettie meantime waa making plctnrt puzzles mounting Illustrations from Weatherstone magazines on paste board from old boxes and cutting them Into fantastic shapes. Bach puzzle was pet in an envelope and inscribed with the name of a Custard Cup ten ant who would be a guest at the party. By the following evening the prep, a rations had taken a different turn. Everybody gathered about the table In the living room to make biota The tablet paper was cut Into uniform pieces. Lettle's Ink bottles had been Drought out; and a few drops of Ink, both black and red, were shaken from a pen on each paper, which was then folded once and smoothed flat The re stilting blots took varied, interest forms, some of which were touched up -flllphtly Into clearer outline. , Uncle Jerry was the umpire Inter preter of these blot pictures. PeJ-. clftl Pine, the only neighbor inyl4 N the ceremony and that hpesW i Her arttiiuc abilities therev.ron Join posed a couplet er..boi!j-Ing tfco IJes and wrote It In beautiful letters be neath the blot The rest of the manlla envelopes were used to Inclose these gifts. Lettle's keen gaze soon discovered that the processes of Interpreting and composing led to whispered confer ences and much laughter that was not shared with the family; also that Un cle Jerry's eyes were more twlnkly than ever, and that Miss Hapgood's cheeks grew pink and pinker. Lettle leaned confidentially across the table. "Say, Miss Hapgood," she Inquired pleasantly, "are you having a pretty good time?" "Lettie, 'tend to your blots," put In Mrs. Penfleld firmly. "Tes'm." Lettie subsided, but with the vague feeling that her geniality had not been received in the right spirit TO BE CONTINUED CUT FLOWERS Floral designs, wedding boquets, . ' . '- and flowers of all kinds j Prices reasonable We make ship-Bents to Waxhaw, Marshville, Wingat and other nearby, towaa. CODE MORGAN At Union Drug Co. .Phone 221. EXECUTRIX NOTICE V Having this day qualified before R. W. Lemmond, Clerk of the Superi or Court of Union County, as execu trix of the estate of W. H. Phifer, de ceased, this is to notify all persons holding claims against said estate to present same duly verified on or be fore the 20th day of April, 1924, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons indebted to said estate will please make prompt payment This April 20th, 1923. . t R. JANE PHIFER, Executrix of the Estate of W. H, Phifer, deed, Love & Hawfield, Attys. ' NOTICE OF ADMINISTRATION Having this day qualified before the Clerk of the Superior court of Union county as administrator of the estate of Charity Lincoln, deceased, late of the county of Union and state of North Carolina, notice is hereby given to all persons holding claims against said estate to present them to the undersigned administrator on or before the 24th day of April, 1924, or this notice will be plead in bar of their right of recovery. ; All nersons indebted to said estate will please make prompt settlement mi r . i n n . . - l . , .non i inis me zutn aay 01 April, im. ; I. H. BLAIR, Administrator of Charity Lincoln, deceased. John C. Sikes, Atty. ... Good assortment of Horses and Mules, Buggies and Wagons on hand at all times. Agents for Kelly Springfield Tires and Tues. Terms Easy. , THE SIKES COMPANY. Sectional Bookcases Wrten movinj, cleaning bouse, rearrancing furniture, the sec tional j feature . permits the handling of one. section at a ime without removing books. The sections can also be rear ranged, or separated to make two or more bookcases for dif ferent legions. - ' From the g ring of the timber to the finished case, The Globe Wernicke Company controls the material. Special machinery insures uniform and quantity production. "And this means unusual quality at very reason able prices. ; . Ask for beautifully illustrated catalog showing various designs. 4 i iiONo::3 to i:q:..oz eoys AT WAKE FOXIEST COLLEGE Wake Forest, April 26. The hearts of the Wake Forest College students and especially the politicians among them were today gladdened by the appearance at last, of the annual col lege publication, ''The Howler" in which is recorded the acts, honors, and decrees of all; and if they could imagine that publication speaking to them, it might speak in those coveted words, "well done thou ". One of the features of this year that has not been heretofore allowed, is the pres ence of Greek letter fraternities in the college, but which are displayed in all their glory in "The Howler." The "Howler" is this year dedicated to Dr. H. A. Brown, pastor Emeritus of the Baptist Church system, of Winston-Salem; and describes the thirty six professors and twenty assistant professors. The glory of ninety se niors and the picturesqeness of the hundred and thirty six freshman, are all here recorded -against the day of their judgment i Monroe is .this year represented in Wake Forest by Messrs. H.D.Brown ing, Jr., R. F. Beasley, J E. Griffin, V. G. Burrell and J. B; Helms. Mr. Browning is one of the most conspic uous as well as one of the busiest men in the student body. Mr. Browning has one of the longest lists of college honors in the student body. The pic tures in the Howler show him twelve times and among his honors appear: class football, assistant librarian, member of El Circulo Espanol, Edu cation Club, College Press Associa tion. Mr. Browning has this year serv ed as Manager of Old Gold and Black, secretary of the Euzelian society, vice president of the Senior Class, manager of the McKinnon Club, and president of the Annversarv exercises last February! Mr. Beasley is Presi dent of the College Press Association and one of the editors of Old Gold and Black. Mr. Burrell is a member of the D. V. L. fraternity, assistant manager of the baseball team and on the circulating staff of Old Gold and Black'. Mr. Griffin is a member of the Phi Kappa Beta fraternity, and man ager of the Junior Baseball team. J. B. Helms is a member of the Kappa Comedy m : r . x lie lviccuicat ivicui in the World" Bin, Pathos, Trirills A Great Pky NEW YORK CAST FIFTH NIGHT , Redpath Chautauqua 29 Splendid Attracdotu SEASON RELH CHAUTAUQUA! cmutauqm T O Alpha fraternity, football team ani junior baseball team. He served 'this year as stage manager of the Dra matic Club. ' News From Brief Neighborhood Britf, April 30.-r-Mr. Dewey Mor gan of Alebemarle, who will make a business trip to Canada next month, visited his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Morgan, last week. Mr. Rufus Tarlton returned Satur day from Salisbury where he was taking medical tratment Mr. W. A. Tarlton of Concord vis ited here during the week-end. Notwithstanding the prevalence of the- boll weevil, farming has taken on anew impetus through this section, five new tractors having been sold and delivered in Brief alone this spring, making ten in all. At this rate, six more years' buying will have placed a kerosene mule in the hands of every farm owner of the commun ity. Some express themselves as be lieving that this quota will be reach ed before a lapse of half the time mentioned above. " . Bridger, young son of Mr. and Mrs. B. J. Clontz, is very sick at this writ ing. Helpful Hair Hints Good-looking hair, thick and lus trous, is easy to have if you use Par isian Sage. It's a positive remedy for dandruff and itching scalp. Be sure to ask English Drug Company for Parisian Sage .(Giroux's) for that's, guaranteed. . - PUBLIC HAULING I operate three trucks, one of them the largest in the county. Will haul anything anywhere. Can be found at Freight Depot, Phone 34. FRANK BLAKENEY. Residence Phone 314-J. Monroe, N. C. 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